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Events in Sport

Results 1 - 100 of 314

Jan 11th - Martina Hingis beats Jennifer Capriati at Sydney Tennis Intl
Jan 12th - Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions
Jan 12th - Chrysler-Plymouth LPGA Tournament of Champions
Jan 12th - Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships
Jan 15th - Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin the groin
Jan 17th - NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely for kicking cameraman
Jan 18th - 47th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 11-7 at San Jose Arena
Jan 19th - Michelle McGann wins LPGA Healthsouth Inaugural
Jan 25th - 71st Australian Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (62 62)
Jan 26th - 85th Australian Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Carlos Moya (62 63 63)
Jan 26th - Superbowl XXXI: Green Bay Packers beat NE Patriots, 35-21 in New Orleans
Feb 2nd - Mark O'Meara wins Pebble Beach National Golf Pro-am
Feb 2nd - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 26-23 (OT)
Feb 2nd - Royal Caribbean Senior Golf Classic
Feb 4th - Mario Lemieux is 7th NHL player to score 600 goals
Feb 9th - 47th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-120 at Cleveland
Feb 9th - Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Diet Dr Pepper National Pro-Am
Feb 9th - LG Senior Golf Championship
Feb 9th - Mark O'Meara wins Buick golf invitational
Champion Tennis Player Pete Sampras Feb 9th - Palm Beach National LPGA Pro-Am
Feb 9th - Scotty Bowman, is 1st NHL coach to win 1,000 games
Feb 11th - Bill Parcells becomes head coach of NY Jets
Feb 16th - GTE Suncoast Senior Golf Classic
Feb 16th - Paul Stankowski wins Hawaiian Golf Open
Feb 16th - Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Los Angeles Women's Championship
Feb 20th - SF Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9M 2 year contract
Feb 22nd - Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open
Feb 23rd - American Express Senior Golf Invitational
Feb 23rd - Jeff Sluman wins Tucson Golf Classic
Feb 23rd - Tucson Chrysler Golf Classic
Mar 2nd - Gail Graham wins LPGA Alpine Australian Ladies Masters
Mar 2nd - Nick Faldo wins Nissan Golf Open
Mar 7th - Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome & Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site
Mar 9th - Senior Golf Slam
Mar 9th - Steve Elkington wins Doral-Ryder Golf Open
Mar 11th - SF Giant J T Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch
Mar 14th - 68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch
Mar 14th - Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E Sullivan Award
Mar 15th - Pitts Penguins' Joe Mullen, is 1st American to score 500 NHL goals
Mar 16th - Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship
Mar 16th - NJ Devils' Dave Andreychuk is 26th NHL to score 500 goals
Mar 16th - Stuart Appleby wins Honda Golf Classic
Mar 16th - Toshiba Senior Golf Classic
Mar 19th - Major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi
Mar 23rd - Betsy King wins LPGA Standard Register PING
Mar 23rd - Liberty Legends of Senior Golf
Mar 23rd - Phil Mickelson wins Bay Hill Golf Invitiational
Mar 25th - Indians trade Lofton & Embree to Braves for Grissom & Justice
Mar 26th - NHL announce Might Ducks & Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan
Mar 29th - 1st game at Turner Field Atlanta, Braves beats Yanks 2-0 (exhibition)
Mar 30th - 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tenn beats Old Dominion 68-59
Mar 30th - 26th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King
Mar 30th - Southwestern Bell Dominion Senior Golf
Mar 30th - Steve Elkington wins Golf's Players Championship
Mar 31st - 59th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Ariz beats Kentucky 84-79 (OT)
Apr 1st - 69 year old Gordie Howe begins playing AHL game with Syracuse Crunch
Apr 4th - Anaheim Ducks clinch their 1st-ever playoff berth
Apr 4th - Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs
Apr 6th - 9th Seniors Golf Tradition: Gil Morgan wins
Apr 6th - Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge
Apr 6th - Brad Faxon wins Freeport-McDermott Golf Classic
Apr 6th - Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic
Apr 9th - Cleve Indians closer Jose Mesa found guilty of rape
Apr 9th - Major League Soccer announces Miami & Chicago expansion
Apr 9th - NFL announces it will give $3M to CFL & possible "World Classic Bowl"
Apr 13th - 61st Golf Masters Championship: Tiger Woods at 21 (270 18 under par)
Apr 13th - Hartford Whalers last NHL game
Apr 13th - NHL Pitts Penguin Mario Lemieux's last NHL regular game
Apr 15th - Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams
Apr 17th - NJ Devil Martin Brodeur is 2nd NHL goalie to score in a playoff game
Apr 19th - SD Padres & St Louis Cards play at Aloha Stadium Hawaii
Apr 20th - 1st baseball game in Hawaii, Cards beat Padres in doubleheader
Apr 20th - 58th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin
Apr 20th - Cubs beat NY Mets ending NL worst opening, lost 14 straight games
Apr 20th - Karrie Webb wins LPGA Susan G Komen International
Apr 20th - Myrtle Beach LPGA Classic
Apr 20th - Nick Price wins golf MCI Classic
Apr 20th - Mark McGwire, is 4th to HR on Detroit Tiger left field roof (others are Frank Howard, Harmon Killibrew, & Cecil Fielder)
Apr 21st - 101st Boston Marathon won by Lameck Aguta of Kenya in 2:10:34
Apr 25th - Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 250th HR
Apr 27th - Las Vegas Senior Golf Classic by TruGreen-ChemLawn
Apr 27th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Championship
Apr 29th - KC Royal Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 HRs
Apr 30th - Atlanta Braves win record 19 games in April
May 3rd - 123rd Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 2:02.3
May 4th - Bruno's Memorial Senior Golf Classic
May 4th - Phil Blackmar wins 50th Houston golf Open
May 4th - Tammie Green wins LPGA Sprint Titlehoders Championship
May 6th - NHL Hartford Whalers become Carolina Hurricanes
May 6th - Rick Pitino becomes coach of Boston Celtics
May 9th - San Diego Padres retire #35 worn by pitcher Randy Jones
May 10th - Chicago Cubs turn baseballs 68th triple play (vs SF Giants)
May 11th - NY Mets C Everett & Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
May 11th - Paine Webber Senior Golf Invitational
May 11th - Sara Lee LPGA Classic
May 11th - Scott McCarron wins Bellsouth Golf Classic
May 11th - Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Sara Lee Classic
May 12th - Angels scores 13 in 7th vs White Sox
May 13th - Eddie Murray is 6th baseball player to play in 3,000 games
New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner May 14th - Baseball's Exec Council suspends NY Yank owner George Steinbrenner

Deaths in Sport

Results 1 - 32 of 32

Jan 1st - Graham Kersey, cricket wicket keeper, dies in car crash
Jan 1st - John Burgess, rugby administrator, dies at 71
Jan 2nd - Jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75
Jan 10th - George Young, footballer, dies at 74
Jan 16th - Jim Kensil, NFL president (NY Jets), dies of heart failure at 66
Jan 18th - Neville Crump, racehorse trainer, dies at 86
Jan 23rd - Laura "Dinky" Patterson, dies bungee jumping at Superbowl rehearsal at 43
Feb 19th - Stanley Pearson, footballer, dies at 76
Mar 20th - Tony Zale, American boxer (b. 1913)
Apr 6th - Jack Kent Cooke, NFL owner (Wash Redskins), dies at 84
Apr 7th - Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (b. 1923)
Apr 13th - Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (b. 1903)
Apr 23rd - Denis Compton, English cricketer (b. 1918)
Jun 24th - Don Hutson, American athlete (b. 1913)
Jun 30th - Larry O'Day, wrestler (b. 1944)
Jul 7th - Jerry Doggett, sportscaster (Bkln/LA Dodgers), dies at 80
Jul 25th - Ben Hogan, golfer (Masters, Brit Open, US Open-1953), dies at 84
Sep 2nd - Rudolf Bing, opera manager (NY Met Opera), dies at 95
Sep 9th - Richie Ashburn, HOF baseball player (Phillies, Mets), dies at 70
Sep 23rd - Abe Gibron, head coach (Chicago Bears), dies at 72
Oct 5th - Dave Marr, golfer/commentator, dies at 63
Nov 2nd - Roy McMillan, baseball player (Reds), dies of heart failure at 68
Nov 9th - Helenio Herrera, French football player and coach (b. 1910)
Nov 14th - Eddie Arcaro, jockey (won 2 Triple Crowns), dies at 81
Nov 16th - Russ "Mad Monk" Meyer, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 74
Nov 20th - Dick Littlefield, baseball player (b. 1926)
Dec 3rd - Steve Hamilton, pitcher (NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 63
Dec 7th - Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer dies at 54 from a suspected heart attack
Dec 21st - Bruce Woodcock, boxer, dies at 76
Dec 23rd - Keith Bentley, international racing cyclist, dies at 72
Dec 28th - George Fleming, cyclist, dies at 80
Dec 29th - (Hanlon) Pat Clarke, cyclist, dies at 82